Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov will make his return from a month-long injury absence in Saturday's game against the visiting St. Louis Blues.

"He's back," the Wild said Friday in their release on Kaprizov, who has been sidelined since March 8 with a lower-body injury.

Also on Friday, the Wild announced forward Joel Eriksson Ek is considered week-to-week due to a lower-body injury.